Book jacket image for Tripping on Utopia by Benjamin Breen

Grand Central

9781538722374

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Tripping on Utopia

Benjamin Breen’s smart, entertaining Tripping on Utopia brings the history of psychedelic science vividly to life.

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Review of ‘Tripping on Utopia’

“Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Timothy Leary popularized that catchphrase in the 1960s, and it sums up what many remember about the period when he and other outspoken LSD advocates promoted widespread “acid” use. But the reckless Leary was actually a relative latecomer to the field—and did much to undo more interesting scientific work…

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